Game of Thrones star Peter Vaughan passes away at 93
Peter Vaughans face was his fortune. The general visage was wide and dominant. Those deep-set, pale-blue eyes hinted at menace. His mouth was often contorted into various expressions of discontent. So its no surprise that people will forever remember Vaughan, who has died at the age of 93, as Genial Harry Grout, the resident hardnut at HMP Slade in the classic Seventies sitcom Porridge.
As Grouty, Vaughan was a forbidding antidote to the gentler souls who peopled d**k Clement and Ian La Frenaiss superb ensemble piece. He arranged prison breaks, he ran a drugs ring, he had henchmen who would carry out his orders with thuggish abandon. Yet Vaughan also created a singularly comic character. Despite Grouty being a nasty piece of work, there was always something humorous in Vaughans performance and vulnerable, too. You could imagine Grouty giving Frank Sinatra a spin on the turntable and getting a little emotional.
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/12/06/peter-vaughan-just-hardnut-porridge/
